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March 14, 2022 11:14

• In a week, petition for exchange of POWs and dead bodies with Ukraine gains over 23,000 signatures

  The petition to President Putin calling to exchange the prisoners of war (POWs) and casualties' bodies with Ukraine has gained over 23,000 signatures.

March 14, 2022 10:58

• Armenian rights defenders treat situation in Nagorno-Karabakh as humanitarian catastrophe

  Shelling, psychological pressure and absence of conditions for normal life have resulted in a humanitarian catastrophe in Nagorno-Karabakh, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

March 13, 2022 12:15

• Kadyrov hands armoured vehicles over to Donbass

  The Fund named after Akhmat-Khadji Kadyrov, a Hero of Russia, has handed armoured vehicles over to the heads of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR); and 80 tons of foodstuffs – to townspeople of Melitopol, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has informed.

March 13, 2022 12:13

• Two natives of Dagestan perish in Ukraine

  Gadjimurad Farzaliev from the Khiva District and Malik Gadjiev from the Derbent District have perished in hostilities in Ukraine. Since the start of the military operation, at least 23 natives of Dagestan have perished in Ukraine.

March 13, 2022 11:48

• Stepanakert townspeople express concern about the tense situation in Nagorno-Karabakh

  The participants of the action held in Stepanakert have addressed the international community and Russia in writing, demanding to influence the Azerbaijan's behaviour and take more efficient steps towards restoring order in Nagorno-Karabakh.

March 13, 2022 11:45

• Georgia treats parliamentary elections in Abkhazia as illegal

  Tbilisi would not recognize the elections in Abkhazia and regards them as an illegal act against the sovereignty of Georgia, the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated.

March 12, 2022 18:52

• Azerbaijani MoD reports shootouts in Karabakh

  On March 11, the positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled in different localities in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

March 12, 2022 18:47

• Chechen woman detained for witchcraft

  The "Grozny" TV Channel has posted a report on the Instagram about a woman from the Nozhai-Yurt District of Chechnya, who was detained for occultism. The elderly woman was accused of practising witchcraft rites.

March 12, 2022 18:43

• Yerevan and Baku analysts dispute about escalation reasons in Nagorno-Karabakh

  The aggravation of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh has to do with Armenia's and Azerbaijan's desire to evade negotiations on the status of the unrecognized republic, Andrias Gukasyan believes. The aggravation of the situation was also affected by international processes, in particular, the hostilities in Ukraine, Naira Airumyan has noted.

March 12, 2022 18:41

• Two servicemen from North Ossetia perish in Ukraine

  During the special operation in Ukraine, two militaries from the Mozdok District, Akop Kazaryan and Vadim Dubodelov, have perished.

March 12, 2022 17:59

• Mezhidov's new video points to Kadyrov fighters' secondary role in Ukraine

  Chechen special fighters continue screening localities in Ukraine, Khusein Mezhidov, the commander of the battalion "Yug" (South), has reported. The report is illustrated with a video of another conversation of Chechen law enforcers with residents of a Ukrainian dwelling settlement.

March 12, 2022 17:56

• Two natives of Astrakhan Region perish in Ukraine

  Ali Batyrov from the Krasnoyarsk District and Rysbek Nurpeisov from the Kharabalin District have perished in Ukraine, local authorities have informed.

March 11, 2022 22:49

• Abolition of anti-COVID restrictions underscores radicalism of Chechen authorities

  The complete abolition of anti-COVID restrictions in Chechnya, announced by Ramzan Kadyrov against the backdrop of easing in other regions of Southern Russia, became a manifestation of the same zeal with which the mask regime was imposed in the republic at the beginning of the pandemic.

March 11, 2022 22:39

• Karabakh police report about mortar attacks on two villages

  The villages of Khnapat and Parukh were fired with mortars from the Azerbaijani side, no one was injured, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

March 11, 2022 22:28

• About 1500 Georgian citizens return to their homeland from Ukraine

  Every day, residents of Georgia are being evacuated from the special military operation zone in Ukraine by buses through Poland, Romania, and Moldova. In Georgia, activists raise money, food, medicine, and clothes for residents of Ukraine.

March 11, 2022 22:15

• Nagorno-Karabakh reports about a mortar shelling attack on a rural school

  A school in the village of Khnapat was shelled with mortars from the Azerbaijani direction, and the Azerbaijani military used loudspeakers to request residents of the village of Tagavard to leave the village, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

March 11, 2022 22:09

• Azerbaijan reports shootouts in conflict zone and on border

  Last night, the positions of Azerbaijani militaries located in the Fizuli, Khodjavend, Agdam, Khodjaly and Kalbadjar Districts were shelled, after which return fire was opened, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

March 11, 2022 22:05

• Serviceman from Dagestan dies in Ukraine

  Gusein Gasimov, a native of the village of Chokh-Kommuna in the Gunib District, has perished in the military operation in Ukraine.

March 11, 2022 14:37

• Nagorno-Karabakh calls on international community to condemn Azerbaijan's actions

  The shelling of dwelling settlements of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan keeps people in suspense, the MPs of the National Assembly (Parliament) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the unrecognized republic have stated. They called on the international community to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh's right to independence.

March 11, 2022 14:35

• Three North-Ossetian militaries perish in Ukraine

  Osman Ibragimov, Mairbek Gulaev and Elbrus Kochiev, natives of North Ossetia, who perished during the special operation in Ukraine, have been awarded Orders of Courage posthumously.